Wishart flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Wishart
(Brisbane City, QLD) - 4.29 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
4.29 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Wishart's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
How common is mapped flood risk across Wishart properties?
Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 4,306 Wishart properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.
Lot-level readout
Flood-risk rating across all 4,306 properties
From LayeredGeo's lot-risk engine: council flood overlays, historical flooding and terrain, resolved to each individual lot in Wishart.
Wishart flood history and overland flow
These are suburb-wide totals across 4,306 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Wishart; they do not identify or describe any individual property.
Recorded historical flood mapping
108 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.
- February 2022: 108
Mapped overland flow
311 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.
- Low: 96
- Medium: 132
- High: 60
- Affected: 23
Source: Brisbane City Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.
Wishart at a glance
Schools in and near Wishart
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
2 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: inside the suburb
Secondary: 0.02 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Wishart is zoned
Selling in Wishart? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.
Across its 4.29 km², Wishart is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 28% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 21% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low density residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 620 m² across 3,893 parcels.
Recent development applications in Wishart
Applications are counted across the whole gazetted suburb from the public Brisbane City Council register. No application address or individual property is published here.
Submitted in the past 12 months
The exact total and latest date are suppressed for privacy.
Counts depend on applications that the council publishes and that can be assigned to a suburb. Categories can overlap when one application covers several types. Totals below five and their latest dates are suppressed. Register last synchronised 20 September 2026. Check the official council register.
Who lives in Wishart
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Wishart suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1044, and decile 9 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Wishart's 11,333 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wishart, the wider ABS statistical area containing Wishart. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Wishart itself.
9,849 in 2001 to 11,870 in 2025, up 21%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Wishart property market snapshot
Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Wishart, the wider statistical area containing Wishart. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.
House sales
Median sale price from 110 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Unit sales
Median sale price from 38 sales over 12 months to March 2026.
Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.
Wishart data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
| Market statistics | Available at SA2 level | Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO) |
| Development applications | Available as suburb totals | Brisbane City Council |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Wishart address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 4,300 Wishart addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Wishart lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Wishart planning - frequently asked
Is Wishart flood-prone?
About 28% of Wishart falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 40%. Across the suburb, 6% of the 4,306 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 134 rated high risk or historically affected.
Is Wishart bushfire-prone?
Around 21% of Wishart is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Brisbane City average of 27%.
What is the zoning in Wishart?
The dominant planning zone in Wishart is Low density residential, though the suburb also includes Open space (District) and Open space.
Does Wishart have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Wishart.
Is Wishart hilly or flat?
Wishart is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 6%. Ground level runs from roughly 21 m to 59 m AHD across the suburb.
What is the typical lot size in Wishart?
Across 3,893 surveyed parcels in Wishart, the median lot size is about 620 m². There are also 308 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Wishart have a train station?
There is no train station inside Wishart itself. The suburb is served by 35 bus stops.
What is the population of Wishart?
At the 2021 Census Wishart had 11,333 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Wishart statistical area, which contains Wishart, went from 9,849 people in 2001 to 11,870 in 2025, up 21%.
Is Wishart an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Wishart scores 1044 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Wishart?
Median household income in Wishart was $2,026 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,122 for the typical suburb in Brisbane City. Median rent was $440 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Mount Gravatt | 2.0 km | 18% | 22% |
| Mansfield | 2.6 km | 29% | 33% |
| MacGregor | 2.9 km | 24% | 21% |
| Eight Mile Plains | 3.0 km | 24% | 22% |
| Rochedale | 3.0 km | 23% | 65% |
| Mackenzie | 3.1 km | 13% | 70% |
| Mount Gravatt East | 3.3 km | 15% | 26% |
| Mount Gravatt | 3.4 km | 13% | 65% |
| Robertson | 4.4 km | 13% | 3% |
| Sunnybank | 4.8 km | 26% | 7% |